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Syria crisis: Army steps up shelling in Homs
Source: BBC
6 February 2012 Last updated at 12:50 GMT
Syria crisis: Army steps up shelling in Homs
Heavy artillery fire has been rocking Homs, as Syrian troops step up an assault on the restive city.
A BBC correspondent there says attacks resumed early on Monday with almost constant explosions.
Rebels say a clinic is being targeted in one of the fiercest assaults on the city in the 11-month uprising.
Meanwhile, Russia and China defended their veto of a UN draft resolution criticising Syria - a move that angered opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Syria crisis: Army steps up shelling in Homs
Heavy artillery fire has been rocking Homs, as Syrian troops step up an assault on the restive city.
A BBC correspondent there says attacks resumed early on Monday with almost constant explosions.
Rebels say a clinic is being targeted in one of the fiercest assaults on the city in the 11-month uprising.
Meanwhile, Russia and China defended their veto of a UN draft resolution criticising Syria - a move that angered opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16902819
